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AI's climate benefits are overstated, with most claims citing traditional AI, not energy-hungry generative AI. Evidence is weak, often corporate-backed, and may greenwash AI's true fossil fuel-driven emissions impact.
Today's tech news: Uncrewed narco subs could transform drug trafficking. Google DeepMind calls for scrutiny of AI moral behavior. The legal case for climate justice is building. Plus, other tech stories.
SoftBank's SB Energy plans a $33B, 9.2-gigawatt natural gas plant on the Ohio-Kentucky border, potentially the largest in the U.S. It could power 7.5M homes but emit significant CO2. Its link to data centers, including with OpenAI, is unclear.
AI's huge power demand drives data centers to use more fossil fuels, mainly new gas turbines, potentially adding 44M tons of CO2 by 2030, equivalent to 10M cars' emissions.
This newsletter covers vehicle transport fraud, AI's role in finding antibiotics and driving Mars rovers, tech policy debates, and climate change's impact on Arctic rivers and human bodies.
Tech companies claim AI will cut global emissions, but research shows these claims are based on flimsy evidence, while AI development significantly increases their own emissions.
The EPA repealed a climate endangerment finding, leading health and environmental groups to sue. They argue it abandons public health and benefits fossil fuel industries.